Chapter 81: Perceiving Magic Factors

The scorching sun hung high in the sky, baking the earth.

Zhuge Tianxin, Weisi De Kai, and Nangong Miss Mengli were resting by the roadside. Since leaving Luoxiang City, they had been traveling for three days and were now not far from Teiyi City.

"Miss Mengli, you must be tired. Sit down for a moment and have some water." Along the way, Weisi De Kai had been fawning over Nangong Miss Mengli, sometimes to the point of making her feel embarrassed. However, Nangong Miss Mengli still kept her distance from Weisi De Kai, a fact even Zhuge Tianxin could see. Just like now, although Weisi De Kai kept telling Nangong Miss Mengli to rest and even moved a relatively flat stone over for her to sit on, Nangong Miss Mengli did not accept it. Instead, she found another spot to sit, took out her own water bag, and drank. Nangong Miss Mengli's actions caused the atmosphere to suddenly turn awkward.

"Miss Mengli, I have a question I've been wanting to ask you." To ease the awkward atmosphere, Zhuge Tianxin took the initiative to ask Nangong Miss Mengli. This was a question he had been wanting to ask for a long time, and it served as a perfect way to break the tension.

"Hmm? Go ahead, Brother Tianxin." Nangong Miss Mengli did not have that same sense of distance with Zhuge Tianxin.

"I heard Weisi De Kai say before that anyone who has awakened their Mind can become a mage. As long as one absorbs the magic factors in the air, activates their own magic factors, and converts them into magic elements, they can become a mage. But I have never known how to absorb magic factors; I can't even feel them. So, could you tell me how one can actually perceive magic factors?" Zhuge Tianxin said.

"You want to learn magic?" Nangong Miss Mengli was very surprised by Zhuge Tianxin's question about magic factors, as no one had ever attempted to become both a martial artist and a mage simultaneously.

"Yes, I want to give it a try. I don't know if I can succeed, but since we still have two days until we reach Teiyi City, I have nothing better to do. I might as well study magic. It's even more convenient since you, a mage, are here." Zhuge Tianxin said.

Seeing that Zhuge Tianxin was only doing this to pass the time until they reached Teiyi City, Nangong Miss Mengli became interested: "Alright, I'll talk about magic factors. When I first wanted to absorb them, it was the same for me; I couldn't feel their existence."

"What? You couldn't feel the existence of magic factors? Then how did you absorb them?" Weisi De Kai became interested as well.

"Well, I couldn't feel them. When I awakened my Mind and wanted to absorb magic factors, I discovered that there didn't seem to be any in the air; instead, I only felt a type of energy body. But later, through constant practice, I suddenly felt the existence of magic factors. Afterward, I absorbed them. However, as I continued to perceive and absorb them, I suddenly had a feeling." Nangong Miss Mengli paused here, as if trying to find the right words to express that feeling.

"What feeling?" Zhuge Tianxin asked.

"It felt as if the magic factors were converted from something else." Nangong Miss Mengli said.

"This girl is truly a magic genius to have discovered this." Qing Xuan'er suddenly said from the mysterious space.

"What? Xuan'er, is what Miss Mengli said true?" Zhuge Tianxin was very surprised to hear Qing Xuan'er's words.

"You still have the nerve to ask me? You hold an encyclopedia like the Hunter's Manual in your hands and don't know how to use it, yet you come to ask me about questions even a child would understand." Qing Xuan'er scolded Zhuge Tianxin for asking about magic factors, adding that it was common knowledge for children.

"Hehe, I've been fighting this whole time, so I just forgot about it!" Zhuge Tianxin said with a cheeky grin. It was true; ever since Zhuge Tianxin left the Gate of Kings, he had gone straight to Luoxiang City, where a war broke out. After participating in that war, he hadn't had a moment of leisure. First, there was the assassination of Shangguan Luo at the victory banquet, then the destruction of the base, and finally, the three days of travel since leaving Luoxiang City. With Weisi De Kai and Nangong Miss Mengli constantly by his side, it hadn't been convenient to take out the Hunter's Handkerchief.

"No way, how could magic factors be converted from other things?" While Zhuge Tianxin and Qing Xuan'er were talking, Weisi De Kai was very surprised.

"This is just my feeling; I don't know if it's true." Nangong Miss Mengli couldn't be certain if her feeling was correct.

"If it is true, then what exactly are they converted from?" Weisi De Kai continued to ask.

"I don't know that either." Nangong Miss Mengli said.

"Discussing whether magic factors are converted from other things won't yield any results among the three of us. Let's wait until we reach Teiyi City to investigate. For now, I want to know how to perceive magic factors." Zhuge Tianxin already knew through his exchange with Qing Xuan'er that magic factors were indeed converted from other things. However, because Qing Xuan'er told him not to reveal her existence, and the Hunter's Handkerchief was not something to be shown lightly, Zhuge Tianxin could only change the subject and discuss how to absorb magic factors.

"To perceive magic factors, there is actually a shortcut. It's not about relying on the body's sensory system, but rather perceiving the magic factors within your own body's chakras first. This will give you a preliminary understanding of them, making it easier to perceive them from the air. It's like wanting to find something but not knowing what it is; if you are given a picture to show you what you're looking for, wouldn't it be easier to find?" Nangong Miss Mengli said.

"I see, I think I understand. I'll try it now, and if there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask you." Zhuge Tianxin was impatient to learn magic. When dealing with the Giant Beast-men and the Blue Giant Beast-men, he had discovered that although his attack power became very strong after awakening his Mind, he still couldn't break through their defenses. Since magic had many elements, it offered various ways to deal with enemies, so he wanted to try learning it to compensate for his shortcomings and strike enemies more effectively.

No sooner said than done, Zhuge Tianxin was always a man of action. He immediately entered a state of meditation. This time, he followed Nangong Miss Mengli's method and started with himself. As time passed, through his Mind power, Zhuge Tianxin gradually perceived things in his chakras that were different from Mind power. These things were like small, stationary points of light, yet they were in a silent state. However, Zhuge Tianxin felt that these small points of light contained immense energy. If they could be activated, they would unleash a thousand or ten thousand times the power. Zhuge Tianxin believed these were the magic factors he was looking for. He moved his Mind power closer to these points of light to better perceive them and memorized their characteristics. Afterward, he withdrew his Mind power and began searching for similar things in the air. At first, Zhuge Tianxin didn't find these points of light, but rather patches of unknown energy flowing slowly like small streams. Zhuge Tianxin wasn't anxious about not perceiving magic factors, because he knew they were actually converted from something else, and there was only one thing in the air now—the unknown energy he had perceived. Therefore, Zhuge Tianxin felt that as long as he could find a way to convert this energy, he could form magic factors. ===== CHAPTER 82 =====